F1, Lewis Hamilton-Ferrari: Frederic Vasseur reveals a backstory
Frederic Vasseur è ready to work with Lewis Hamilton
We are now relatively close to the debut, behind the wheel of Ferrari, of Lewis Hamilton, who at age 40 will crown his dream of driving the Rossa in Formula 1. As Frederic Vasseur told 'RacingNews365', forò, the British champion had thought long before about moving to the Scuderia di Maranello and thus becoming a Ferrari driver.
"It è was not too difficult to convince him,” said the Cavallino team principal, “I think he had in mind the idea of coming to Ferrari for 22-23 years, because we had already talked about it in 2004". The reference è to the period when Hamilton was establishing himself as a generational talent already before he landed in F1 and Vasseur represented, as founder and executive, ART Grand Prix, an important reality of the minor formulas.
"The planets had to be aligned,‖ the French engineer added, -with the position available in Ferrarie soì away, but in the end the terms of the contract were easy to define. The actual discussion è began a year ago and it wasn't complicated to get to the bottom of it. I have been hearing from Lewis for more than 20 years, but out of respect for Mercedes we have never talked about technical issues related to the car'
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Lewis Hamilton will race in Ferrari for the first time after eighteen Formula 1 seasons in which he è split between McLaren (2007 to 2012) and Mercedes (2013 to 2024). In total he won seven world titles (record shared with Michael Schumacher), è finished second three times and third once. Out of 356 participations è started 104 times in pole position winning 105 races (202 total podiums).
